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INTRODUCTION TO REGIONAL PLANNING

URBRPL 731
Course Description

Broad coverage of regional planning--basic concepts, history, influences of the political, economic, and social environment, techniques of analysis and substantive tasks and problems in preparing regional plans.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.91

0.88% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
81.82%

9.09% from Historical

Class Size
11

-8.33% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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